What shapes us when home is far away—or split across languages, borders, and generations? In this eight-week reading and writing class, we'll explore diasporic literature and write into memory, migration, and identity in this class on belonging, loss, and self-making.
generative, close reading, personal growth
8 Sessions October 15, 2025 - December 10, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Your stories don’t fit tidy boxes—and they shouldn’t have to. This class is a haven for surreal, speculative, experimental, and gloriously weird fiction. Come write work that refuses the rules—and maybe even get weirder with it.
craft, close reading, workshop
8 Sessions October 15, 2025 - December 10, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction
Start a story…and finish it! In this 8-week, beginner-friendly class, you'll explore essential fiction tools and write a complete short story in a playful, low-pressure space designed for momentum and creative freedom.
generative, craft
8 Sessions October 20, 2025 - December 8, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction
What if your writing didn’t have to choose a single form? In this six-week class, explore hybrid work—text, image, sound, and beyond—then create your own pieces that experiment, stretch, and surprise.
generative, cohort
6 Sessions October 29, 2025 - December 10, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction
Write from what haunts you—not to fix it, but to face it. In this six-week cohort, we'll explore how craft tools can hold pain, how others write trauma with courage, and how writing can be part of healing, resistance, and radical honesty.
craft, workshop, personal growth
6 Sessions October 29, 2025 - December 10, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Learn how stories work—and how to write your own. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll explore fiction fundamentals through reading, writing, and feedback. No big idea needed, just curiosity and a place to begin.
craft, close reading, workshop
6 Sessions November 1, 2025 - December 13, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Fiction
What makes a setting unforgettable? In this course, you’ll learn how to craft places that matter—locations that influence story, reveal character, and stay with your reader. Build worlds that feel real, even if they’re entirely imagined.
craft, close reading
6 Sessions November 3, 2025 - December 8, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Curious about how publishing works—and what path is right for you? Explore your options, clarify your goals, and build a strategy that supports your creative vision in this five-week introduction to the publishing industry.
professional development, publishing
5 Sessions November 3, 2025 - December 8, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Step into Slavic folk magic: tsars, tricksters, and tales thick with transformation. Read classic stories, write your own remixes, and explore where history, myth, and mystery collide.
generative, close reading, cohort
6 Sessions November 4, 2025 - December 16, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction
In this 12-week reading intensive, explore mythic, experimental works by women writers who unmoor language, identity, and form—reading deeply into desire, memory, and ecstatic transformation.
craft, close reading
12 Sessions November 10, 2025 - March 9, 2026 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
This warm, beginner-friendly course introduces the building blocks of fiction: character, plot, and setting. You’ll study short stories, write your own, and gain the tools and confidence to keep going—wherever your writing leads next.
generative, craft, close reading
6 Sessions November 17, 2025 - December 22, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
This asynchronous course features online workbooks, including ten essential templates in Word and Excel to kickstart your writing life, and resources professional writers use to get published.
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Online Asynchronous Fiction
What if your next idea came from a card pull? In this generative class, use tarot and oracle decks to spark new writing, surprise your imagination, and quiet your inner critic.
generative, creative practice, personal growth
2 Sessions December 6, 2025 - December 13, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Fiction
Your story’s solid, but is your opening pulling its weight? In this one-day intensive, sharpen your first paragraphs for maximum impact and give agents, editors, and readers a reason to keep going.
generative, craft, close reading
1 Session December 8, 2025 - December 8, 2025 5:00-8:00 pm PT Online Fiction
This intermediate class dives into what makes fiction hit hard—structure, pacing, subtext, and more. Through readings, prompts, and workshopping, you’ll sharpen your craft and walk away with a polished story and clearer creative direction.
craft, close reading, workshop
8 Sessions January 15, 2026 - March 5, 2026 7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction
Take your fiction further. In this intermediate class, you’ll write, revise, and read deeply—studying voice, POV, and structure while crafting your own story. You’ll also workshop with peers and leave with sharper skills and fresh pages.
craft, close reading, workshop
8 Sessions January 26, 2026 - March 23, 2026 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Ready to go the distance with your writing? Read and analyze stories, focus on a specific writing project, and deepen your relationship to your unique voice in this advanced level class. Leave with a complete, revised story or novel chapter.
craft, close reading, workshop
10 Sessions April 2, 2026 - June 11, 2026 7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction
Ready to go deeper? This advanced course focuses on what makes your voice your own. You’ll revise a full story or chapter, explore structure and tone, and learn to polish work for submission. For writers with a solid foundation in craft fundamentals.
craft, close reading, workshop
10 Sessions April 6, 2026 - June 15, 2026 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
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